Czech First League

Czech First League
Country	Czech Republic
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1993
Number of teams	16
Relegation to	Czech National Football League
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Czech Cup
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Sparta Prague (13th title) (2022–23)
Most successful club	Sparta Prague (13 titles)
Website	Official website
2024–25

The Czech First League, currently known as the Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Czech National Football League. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each. The league is currently ranked 13th in Europe in the UEFA league rankings.

The history of the Czech football league began at the end of the 20th century. It was reorganised for the 1993–1994 season, after the dissolution of former Czechoslovakia and therefore of the Czechoslovak League. Having won more than half of league titles, Sparta Prague are the most successful team in Czech First League history. Other clubs who have won the title are Slavia Prague, Slovan Liberec, Baník Ostrava and Viktoria Plzeň.

Sponsorship

In 1997 the league started a sponsorship deal with Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. and became known as the Gambrinus liga (after the company's Gambrinus beer). In 2008, the sponsorship was extended until the end of the 2013–14 season.

In May 2014, the league announced a four-year sponsorship deal with betting firm Synot, nevertheless deal was terminated at the end of 2015-16 season. During the contract, the league was officially called Synot liga.

In July 2016 a new two-year sponsorship deal has been announced with an online insurance company ePojisteni.cz, the league is officially called ePojisteni.cz liga.

In October 2016 FAČR, LFA and Czech betting company Fortuna signed a 6-year partnership deal. In accordance with this deal, the Czech First League will be called Fortuna liga from the 2018–19 season.

Participating teams in 2021–22

2021–22 Season

The following 16 clubs are competing in the 2021–22 Czech First League.

Club	Stadium	Capacity	2020–21 position	First season	First season of current spell
1. FC Slovácko	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	004 !4th	2001–02	2009–10
AC Sparta Prague	Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena	19,416	002 !2nd	1993–94	1993–94
Bohemians 1905	Ďolíček	5,000	010 !10th	1993–94	2013–14
FC Baník Ostrava	Městský stadion (Ostrava)	15,163	008 !8th	1993–94	2017–18
FC Fastav Zlín	Letná Stadion	6,375	014 !14th	1993–94	2015–16
FC Hradec Králové	Všesportovní stadion	7,220	101 !1st (FNL)	1993–94	2021–22
FC Slovan Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	006 !6th	1993–94	1993–94
FC Viktoria Plzeň	Doosan Arena	11,722	005 !5th	1993–94	2005–06
FK Jablonec	Chance Arena	6,280	003 !3rd	1994–95	1994–95
FK Mladá Boleslav	Lokotrans Aréna	5,000	011 !11th	2004–05	2004–05
FK Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	015 !15th	1996–97	1996–97
MFK Karviná	Městský stadion (Karviná)	4,862	012 !12th	1996–97	2016–17
SK Dynamo České Budějovice	Stadion Střelecký ostrov	6,681	013 !13th	1993–94	2019–20
SK Sigma Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,566	009 !9th	1993–94	2017–18
SK Slavia Prague	Sinobo Stadium	20,800	001 !1st	1993–94	1993–94
FK Pardubice	Ďolíček	5,000	007 !7th	2020–21	2020–21

Managers

As of 31 May 2021.

Club	Coach	Appointed
Slavia Prague	Trpišovský, JindřichJindřich Trpišovský	02017-12-22-22 December 2017
Sparta Prague	Vrba, PavelPavel Vrba	02021-02-03-3 February 2021
Jablonec	Rada, PetrPetr Rada	02017-12-14-14 December 2017
Slovácko	Svědík, MartinMartin Svědík	02018-11-10-10 November 2018
Viktoria Plzeň	Bílek, MichalMichal Bílek	02021-05-10-10 May 2021
Slovan Liberec	Kozel, LubošLuboš Kozel	02021-08-31-31 August 2021
Pardubice	Krejčí, JiříJiří Krejčí	02013-05-30-30 May 2013
Baník Ostrava	Smetana, OndřejOndřej Smetana	02021-02-27-27 February 2021
Sigma Olomouc	Jílek, VáclavVáclav Jílek	02021-05-31-31 May 2021
Bohemians 1905	Klusáček, LuděkLuděk Klusáček	02019-10-10-10 October 2019
Mladá Boleslav	Hoftych, PavelPavel Hoftych	02022-02-24-24 February 2022
Karviná	Weber, JozefJozef Weber	02021-03-23-23 March 2021
Dynamo České Budějovice	Horejš, DavidDavid Horejš	02015-10-12-12 October 2015
Fastav Zlín	Páník, BohumilBohumil Páník	02020-03-10-10 March 2020
Teplice	Kučera, RadimRadim Kučera	02020-11-30-30 November 2020
Hradec Králové	Koubek, MiroslavMiroslav Koubek	02021-05-21-21 May 2021

External links

• Official website of Czech football
• fotbal.iDNES.cz
• Gambrinus liga at eFotbal.cz
• League321.com - Czech Republic football league tables, records & statistics database.
• Czech Republic - List of Champions, RSSSF.com